Briefing 8
Designing Effective Intercultural Groupwork

This briefing aims to provide some recommendations on the design of intercultural groupwork. These recommendations are formulated on the basis of the following sources of input: literature review, input from a student-led Teaching and Learning Forum in November 2016, input collected from over 60 colleagues in two workshops in May 2017, and interviews and informal discussions with six teachers who have adopted intercultural groupwork strategies. The recommendations are organised in four sections: (1) designing tasks; (2) preparing students; (3) facilitating interactions; and (4) assessment. Additionally, some notions in dealing with different competences among group members are discussed.